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Ames, Iowa vs. The Dalles, Oregon

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Health
  25.6% lower in The Dalles, Oregon
than in Ames, Iowa
   Insurance cost
Ames, IAThe Dalles, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium157.293.7100  40.4%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Ames, IAThe Dalles, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack96.5100.6100  4.2%
Heart Failure95.182.2100  13.6%
Hip Knee Replacement95.697.3100  1.8%
Pneumonia93.587.4100  6.5%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Ames, IAThe Dalles, ORU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$22,271$23,224$23,281  4.3%
Heart Failure Hospital$15,285$13,200$16,237  13.6%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$21,156$21,540$22,499  1.8%
Pneumonia Hospital$15,715$14,689$17,007  6.5%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Ames, IAThe Dalles, ORU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20154.7%2.8%3.1%  40.4%
2015-201613.2%22.9%12.5%  73.5%
2016-201726.3%27.0%57.9%  2.7%
2017-201888.1%19.0%19.0%  78.4%
2018-20196.9%7.0%-2.2%  1.4%
Since 2014201.2%104.1%113.3%  48.3%
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